Shoe-scraper



A. P. AND 0. E. LINVILLE.

SHOE SCRAPER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.2,1920.

1,389,20 l Patented Aug. 30, 1921.

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SHOE SGRAPER.

APRLICATION FILED 1AN.2, 1920.

Patented Aug. 30, 1921.

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Anon NnY- which UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR P. LINVILLE AND cnannnon n. LTNVILLE. or BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. v30, 1921.

Application filed January 2,. 1920. Serial No. 348,818.

T 0 all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that we, ARTHUR P. LINVILL and CLARENCE E. LINVILLE, citizens of the United States, residing at Berkeley, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Imjprovements in Shoe-Scrapers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a shoe scraper. It is the principal object of the present invention to provide a device for scraping and brushing the soles of shoes, which device is so designed as to'be conveniently suspended from the running board ofan automobile, thus insuring that the shoes of parties entering the automobile may be cleaned as they step into the car, The present invention contemplates th use of a pair of brushes spaced in relation to each other and standing with their faces in vertical parallel arrangement, said brushes being provided to engage the opposite sides of a shoe sole and to cooperate with a plurality of scrapingelements beneath the plane of the brushes and by which the bottoms of the soles may be cleaned, the brushes and scrapers being carried by a suitable frame secured above or dependent from a suitable support. The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanyingdrawings, in

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation illustrating an automobile running board equipped with thepresent invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view in elevation showing the details of construction of the present invention. y Y

Fig. 3 is a view in vertical section through the device shown in Fig. 2 as seen on the lines 3-3 and more clearly showing the scraping members.

Fig. 4 is a view in elevation showing another form of the present invention as applied to an automobile running board.

Fig. 5 is a view in elevation showing the manner in which the structure shown in Fig. 4: may be adapted for use upon a fixed sup port such as a door step.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view in plan showing the interlocking engagement of the brush frames with the intervening scraper blade.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 indicates a vehicle having a running board 11. As will be understood this board is provided for convenience in stepping from the ground to, the vehicle. Secured to the running board is a shoe scraper 12 with which the present invention is particularly concerned. This scraper comprises a frame member having opposed end hangers formed as continuations of a horizontal floor plate. The floor plate 14 has fixed upon it a plurality of scraping blades 13, which are bent up from the floor in the manner shown in Fig. 3.

With reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the brushes are arranged with their bristle faces opposite to each other and in spaced parallel alinement. It will be further noted that these faces begin directly above the floor lland extend upwardly a considerable heig l'it above the toe portion of a shoe. The brushes are held in, position by screws 19.

The frame is secured beneath the running board 11 by means of bolts 20, usually embodied in the running board construction. Mounted upon the running board directly over the location of the scraper 12 is a floor mat 21 upon which the shoes'may be further cleaned after stepping from the ground. Y

Reference being had to Figs. 4, 5, and 6, it will be seen that another form of the invention is provided, adapted for use both upon a running board and a fixed support. This form of the invention is also designed tobe packed in a small container and thereafter readily assembled 'to' form. a rigid structure. In the drawings it will be seen that brushes 26 are provided. Mounted within channel-shaped; frame members 25,

passageways are bored through the frame members and the channels to receive hanging rods 27 or fastening screws 28. Vith the hanging rods are provided a stop pin 27 to secure the frame members 25 against movement on the hangers. The channel members 25 are formed with lower vertical extensions 29 through which the opposite ends of a scraper blade 30 are projected. These ends are turned at right angles to the body of the scraper blade to form tangs 31 adapted to interlock with the extensions 29 and hold the blades against movement. The tangs are each fitted with screws 32 by which they are secured to the extensions 29 of the frames and will act to produce a rigid structure comprising the two hanging rods and the intervening scraper blade.

understood that the device is hung from the running board of an automobile. The cleaning operation. is brought about by placing the sole of the shoe upon the floor plate 14: and violently moving the shoe back and forth between the brushes and across the scraping blades 13. After this operation has been completed to the satisfaction of the operator, the running board may be mounted and the bottoms of the soles further cleaned upon. the mat 21.

In operation of the scraper shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, it will be understood that the structure is disassembled so that the scraper blade, the hanger supports, and the brushes with their frames may be arranged in a compact bundle to be placed within a suitable container. lVhen the structure is assembled, the hanger rods 27 are extended through the openings in the brushbacks and the channel frame members 25 and may thereafter be suspended from an automobile running board 11. Before these members are rigidly secured, however, it is necessary to place the scraper blade 30 between the frame members 25 and pass the tangs 31 throughopenings 33 in the frame members. This blade may then be secured by the said set screws'32 and will thereafter rigidly hold the frames and blade, in relation. to each other.

It will thus be seen that the device herein disclosed, while simple in its construction and compact in design, is particularly adapted for use in connection with an automobile running board'and will conveniently and satisfactorily perform the operation for which it is intended.

While we have shown the preferred form of our invention as now known to us, it will be understood that various changes in the combination, construction, and arrangement of parts, may be made by those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described our invention,what

we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a vehicle step, a pair of spaced hangers depending therefrom, said hangers each having an opposing offset portion, brush members having rigid backs fixed in the offset of each hanger with their brushes projecting toward each other, and sufficiently separated to frictionally allow a shoe to pass between them, and connecting means between the lower ends of said hangers.

2. In combination with a vehicle step, a pair of spaced hangers depending therefrom, said hangers each having an opposing oifset portion adjacent their lower ends, brush members having rigid backs fixed in the olfset of each hanger with their brushes projecting toward each other and sufiiciently separated to frictionally engage a shoe passing therebetween, and connecting means between the lower ends of said hangers forms-d integrally therewith.

3. In combination with a vehicle step, a pair of spaced hangers depending therefrom, Said hangers each having an opposing olfset portion adjacent their lower ends, bru h members having rigid backs fixed in the oil'- set of each hanger with their brushes projecting toward each other and sufficiently separated to frictionally engage a shoe passing therebetween, and a connecting plate between the lower ends of said hangers, said plate being integrally formed with the hangers and carrying a plurality of shoe sole scraping blades.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR P. LINVILLE.

CLARENCE E. LINVILLE. Vitnesses:

R. G. RALSTON, W. P. WOOLSEY. 

